§ 16-21. Operation and maintenance of food service establishments.

The operation and maintenance of food service establishments shall be according to the rules and regulations of the Department of Human Resources Public Health, Chapter 290-5-14 Food Service, as adopted by the Georgia Department of Human Resources, said rules and regulations being hereby incorporated into, and made a part of the Code of Ordinances of Burke County, subject to the enforcement provisions herein. A "food service establishment" as defined by the said rules and regulations is any establishment for the preparation and serving of meals, lunches, short orders, sandwiches, frozen desserts, or other edible products. The term includes: restaurants; coffee shops; cafeterias; short. order cafes; luncheonettes; taverns; lunchrooms; places which manufacture, wholesale, or retail sandwiches or salads; soda fountains; institutions, both public and private; food carts; itinerant restaurants; industrial cafeterias; catering establishments; food vending machines and vehicles and operations connected therewith; and similar facilities by whatever name called. The term "food service establishment" shall not mean a "food sales establishment," as defined in O.C.G.A. § 26-2-21, which does not provide seating or facilities for consumption of food on the premises.

(Ord. No. 05-04, 4-12-2005)